William Preddy Langport a mahogany longcase clock the eight-...

Hammer

£350

William Preddy Langport a mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the twelve-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, decorative shell corners, decorative brass hands and signed Wm. Preddy, Langport, the mahogany case having a swan-neck pediment with brass ball-and-spire finial, gilt-wood capitals to the hood pillars, boxwood stringing to the base and standing on bracket feet, height 222cm, including finial. Biography: William Preddy was a prolific maker of longcase clocks from a well-known family of Somerset clockmakers. He is recorded as working in the High Street, Longport from 1822 until 1839 before moving to Bridgwater and then quite possibly Ilminster. Reference: A.J. Moore The Clockmakers of Somerset Pub. 1998, pages 199-200, illustrations page 201.